How Can It Be?

I'm shocked! I can't believe my BABY is turning eight!!! See, even she looks surprised!

The time goes so fast. I feel like she came home from the hospital just the other day.

What a sweet little girl. She is very thoughtful, always sensitive to the feelings of others. She loves to collect EVERYTHING (stamps, rocks, bottle caps, stickers). She can talk for a REALLY long time without even a pause. It's fun to hear her questions about "life" as she gets older. She would like to be on American Idol someday. She thinks she's got a pretty good chance at winning. Right now she is very excited about American Girl dolls and Webkinz. She loves to get dressed "fancy" and go out with her dad. She's a happy, confident little girl who is excited about life.

She has never liked cake, so she decided on lemon meringue pie for her birthday.

Fish Breathes Sigh of Relief

There was an eerie silence in the house this afternoon. I was with the baby taking care of some diaper business. Usually the preschooler is continually calling out for me to come play with him, but as I said, I was experiencing a strange silence. It wasn't a "calm silence" because my mind was contemplating what mess I would encounter as soon as I was able to search the house. I called out, "Hey little guy, what are you doing?" His reply was, "I want to hold one of the guppies." My response to that was, "No. We can't hold the guppies." But this guy is quick. He said, "I am already holding one. I think he likes it." I don't think so. I walked in to see a guppy flopping around in his hand. The child said, "See he's really excited because he likes me to hold him." He was (safely?) returned to his wet home and hopefully he'll stay there.

Um...Never Mind

Okay, I got a little over confident about the weather. I jinxed it. We're under a wind chill advisory again. So, disregard my last post.

Eat Your Heart Out!

It's spring!!! We are experiencing a heat wave...it's been in the 30s this week (thus far). So, to anyone who doesn't live here, you sure are missing out!

It does feel quite warm (relatively speaking). The kids are enjoying the chance to play in the snow again and I am not wearing my jacket (33 degrees is "no-jacket" weather for me).

Baby Hair Battle

Once upon a time there was a ten month old boy. His daddy said, "Cut his hair! It's too long!" His mommy said, "I can't cut it. He's my baby." His daddy was very persistent and his mommy reluctantly gave in. They brought him to the "kiddie salon" and here's what happened...

Does this baby look happy? No, and the mommy wasn't thrilled either. Will he receive a last second pardon?

The mommy admits the hair was long, but soooooo precious. Why oh why must we do this?

Chop, chop, chippety chop. Mommy was hiding behind the camera so no one would notice the tears.
The baby had some serious "swirls" going on that were hidden well by the long hair. The mommy became a little concerned when the baby ended up looking like Conan O'Brien. The mommy blamed the daddy for this.

After a little TLC with the comb (at home) the mommy feels better. She only wishes her baby could stay a baby forever.

My, How Time Flies...

I can't believe my little guy is four years old! It's been quite a ride. This picture is one of my favorites. He slipped the "gun" in at the last second, but tried to maintain an innocent look.

How would I describe this little boy? HAPPY! It doesn't take much for him to crack a smile. And he's quite the joker. He has so much energy!!! No walking for this kid; running is his preferred method of transportation. He loves anything that has to do with super heroes and Star Wars. And weapons.

He was sick most of last week (stomach virus). It was NO FUN. Lots of days inside. When he started feeling better, he hugged me and said, "Thanks for taking care of my yuckies." Anytime, little guy. Any time.

Caught By the Law

Well folks, I got a speeding ticket. Shhh, I don't want everyone to know. It's my second. My other speeding ticket just so happens to have been four years ago (almost to the day)!

Here's my story: I was driving S to the doctor. Nothing urgent, but I would like to note that I was on the way to a medical facility. I got tagged in the area that sneakily slows down to 35 mph and then speeds back up. I was going 8 mph over the limit. In heavy traffic. I didn't even look at my speedometer because I was just going with the flow of traffic. Would you have given me a ticket? I wouldn't either. I was compliant, though angry. S was concerned about me being arrested and what would happen to her in the back of the van.

So, want to know the part that makes me mad? I was looking at the list of fines to find out how much I owe ($145 by the way). Did you know that being found in possession of marijuana only costs $98? Hmmm, 8 mph over the speed limit costs more that being found in possession of MARIJUANA?!?! I don't follow that logic...

Holiday Fun!

Christmas was so fun! Here are some of my favorite things about the celebrations...

The tree looked so pretty when everthing was "ready to go!"Baby: "Tell me again why you yanked me from my crib THREE HOURS before I normally wake up?" Parents: "Hmmm. When you put it that way, why did we do that?"Everyone always looks forward to Nana's Christmas table decorations. This year it was all about the kids. Everyone got to take home the dancing penguins and we've been groovin' to them ever since. The best part? Nana decided that the theme finally allowed for paper plates! My favorite part of the whole day? When all the cousins got cozy in their new pajamas and had a Pajama Pile-up.

After Christmas we jetted off to California for more family fun. Boy, did we enjoy the nice weather. We were outside most of the week!

We did some exciting, unusual things on the trip, but the surprising favorite was a day at the old high school field. Everyone had a great time playing.